Songs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Songs. By Gwendolyn Bennett. Her life. Born in Giddings, Texas July 8, 1902 Spent her early childhood in Wadsworth, Nevada on the Paiute Indian Reservation Kidnapped by father and hid in the East Was awarded a scholarship to Sorbonne, Paris December,1924. Song.

Copyright Complaint Adult Content Flag as Inappropriate

I am the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyrighted work described.

Download Presentation

PowerPoint Slideshow about 'Songs' - guy

Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.

I am weaving a song of waters,Shaken from firm, brown limbs,Or heads thrown back in irreverent mirth.My song has the ush sweetnessOf moist, dark lipsWhere hymns keep companyWith old forgotten banjo songs.Abandon tells youThat I sing the heart of raceWhile sadness whispersThat I am the cry of a soul. . . .

A dancing girl with swaying hipsSets mad the queen in the harlot's eye. Praying slave Jazz-band after Breaking heart To the time of laughter . . .Clinking chains and minstrelsyAre wedged fast with melody. A praying slave With a jazz-band after . . . Singin' slow, sobbin' low.Sun-baked lips will kiss the earth.Throats of bronze will burst with mirth. Sing a little faster, Sing a little faster, Sing!